Where Do You Go To My Lovely Peter Sarstedt Acoustic Cover With Lyrics by Jonathan David - YouTube Where Do You Go To My Lovely Peter Sarstedt Acoustic Cover With Lyrics by Jonathan David Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 27, 2008 Free mp3 download for this and all my other tracks at: This is my version of the great Peter Sarstedt song, Where do you go to my lovely. I hope you enjoy it. I've added the chords for those of you who want to play along! The same chords repeat for the whole song. Note: On the C and the Em there is a hammer-on on the D string Note 2: G? is a normal G chord but instead of putting your finger on the top (E) string 3rd fret, you place it on the 2nd (B) string 3rd fret.

C You talk like Marlene Dietrich ................Dm7............................G7....G6 And you dance like Zizi Jean-Maire ............C.................................Em Your clothes are all made by Balmain ......................Dm7 And there's diamonds and pearls in your G....G7....G6....G?(see note 2) You live in a fancy apartment On the Boulevarde St. Michel Where you keep all your Rolling Stones records And your friends of Sacha Distel, yes you do... But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head I've seen all your qualifications That you got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pins With your carefully-designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan on your back and on your legs And when the snow falls you're found in St.

Moritz With the others of the jet-set Where you sip your Napoleon Brandy But you never once get your lips wet But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do Your name is heard in high places You know the Aga Khan He sent you a racehorse for Christmas And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh hahaha They say that when you get married It'll be to a millionaire But they don't realize where you came from And I wonder if they really care, they give a damn But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head I remember the back streets of Naples Two children begging in rags Both touched with a burning ambition To shake off their lowly-born tags, and they try So look into my face Marie-Claire And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever 'Cause I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do 'Cause I know where you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed I can see all the thoughts that surround you 'Cause I can see

 inside your head Category Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) Lyrics | SongMeanings Peter Sarstedt You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there`s diamonds and pearls in your hair You live in a fancy appartement Of the Boulevard of St.

Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head I've seen all your qualifications You got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pines With your carefully designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan, on your back and on your legs When the snow falls you're found in St.

Moritz With the others of the jet-set And you sip your Napoleon Brandy But you never get your lips wet But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do Your name is heard in high places You know the Aga Khan He sent you a racehorse for chistmas And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh haha They say that when you get married It'll be to a millionaire But they don't realize where you came from And I wonder if they really care, they give a damn But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head I remember the back streets of Naples Two children begging in rags Both touched with a burning ambition To shake off their lowly brown tags, yes they try So look into my face Marie-Claire And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever `Cause I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do I know where you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed I know the thoughts that surround you `Cause I can look inside your head Where Do You Go

 To (My Lovely)?

by Peter Sarstedt Songfacts Songfacts This song is about a young girl born in poverty in Naples, Italy, who grows up to become a member of the jet-set. Who is this woman Sarstedt was singing about? It's clearly a composite, as no one person fits the description, but the singer had taken up with a Danish dental student named Anita Atke, whom he later married. She may not have worn bespoke outfits by Balmain, but she probably owned some Rolling Stones records. Sarstedt said the song was about "a generic European girl," but cited Atke as an influence. Peter Sarstedt's elder brother Richard had already had a #1 hit in UK, "Well I Ask You" in 1961, when he sang under the name Eden Kane. When Peter Sarstedt reached #1 seven years later, it made them the first brothers to have solo #1s in Britain. In 1976 a third Sarstedt brother, Robin, reached #3 in the UK with his version of Hoagy Carmichael's "My Resistance Is Low," enabling the Sarstedt clan to become the only three brothers in British chart history to rack up separate solo hits.

Among the personalities this song references is Zizi Jeanmarie, who was a French ballerina who in the 1950s was reckoned to be the best dancer of her generation. It also refers to Aga Khan, a wealthy Islamic leader who married the English fashion model Sarah Croker-Poole in 1969. The names of Marlene Dietrich, Picasso, Sachel Distel and The Rolling Stones are also mentioned. This 5-minute song was not originally intended to be a single. Peter comments in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh: "I wanted to write a long, extended piece because I was working in folk clubs and universities, and Al Stewart had something that was half an hour long and Bob Dylan's ' Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands ' took a whole side of an album. 'Where Do You Go To My Lovely' was my first attempt at writing something longer than my normal 3 minutes. It was amazingly easy to write, but I knew what I wanted to say.

I wanted to say something about this particular person, although it wasn't about anyone specific." Initially, his record company were not interested in releasing this as a single: Peter Sarstedt comments in the same publication "They said it has no drums, it is too long and there are only three instruments." The label relented and the song topped the UK charts for 6 weeks. This won the 1969 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song, together with David Bowie's " Space Oddity ." The glamorous international star Sophia Loren, who was bought up in the back streets of Naples, seemed a likely inspiration for this song, but Sarstedt said she wasn't, although "she's in the song in spirit." In an NME interview, legendary BBC DJ John Peel named this record as his personal worst of all time. The woman in this song is named Marie-Claire, which is the name of a French fashion magazine. Sarstedt started writing this song in 1966 when he was busking in Copenhagen. He said that he came up with about 300 songs around this time, which he kept stored in his head.

Opening with an accordion in waltz time, this song was unlike anything else on the airwaves in 1969, which made it stand out and propelled it to #1 in the UK. American audiences had a harder time deciphering Sarstedt's accent (he was born in India and came to England at age 13), but the song still charted in the US, landing at #70. Sarstedt was baffled by the song's success. "It seems ridiculous that so many people are going out and buying it," he told Melody Maker at the time. "It baffles me." The dense lyrics and barrage of images are reminiscent of Bob Dylan, who was Sarstedt's main influence. "After listening to him I thought this was really it but everything I wanted to say seemed similar to Dylan," he said in Melody Maker. "It was two years before I thought I wasn't copying him anymore." "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" was Sarstedt's first and biggest hit, but his follow-up single, " Frozen Orange Juice ," also did well, reaching #10 in the UK. He died in 2017 at age 75.

The album version of the song runs about 5:10; the single was edited down to 4:42. This song appeared in the movies The Leading Man (1996), One More Kiss (1999) and The Wedding Tackle (2000). It had a bit of a revival when it appeared in the 2007 Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited. Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?: Steyn's Song of the Week :: SteynOnline Steyn's Song of the Week Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? Steyn's Song of the Week by Peter Sarstedt July 14, 2013 A friend of Sacha Distel (Mlle Brigitte Bardot), and in a fancy apartment. But is it off the boulevard Saint-Michel? Another Bastille Day has come and gone, and it seems appropriate to have a French song to start the week. I'm partial to Charles Trenet ("La mer", "Que reste-t-il de nos amours?" and not forgetting "Boum!", which turns up in the most surprising place in the Bond film Skyfall).

And my book A Song For The Season includes perhaps the greatest French contribution to the American songbook, "Autumn Leaves", as well as "Roses Of Picardy", which is an English tune but has two entirely separate French lyrics. Nevertheless, this Bastille Day I thought I'd go with a British song. It qualifies because (a) it has an accordion and (b) its lyrics are a virtual time capsule of an entire sensibility: You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are... In 1969, it was the Number One hit in Britain and much of the rest of the world (apart from America) - a freak pop hit entirely at odds with anything else going on in the Hit Parade and insistently memorable right down to the strange forced laugh in the sixth verse. The Number One singles that preceded and succeeded it are in the vernacular of the day - "(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice" (Amen Corner) and "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye) - pure Sixties pop for better or worse.

And yet four-and-a-half decades later it's " Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? ", a wacky one-off Eurowaltz heavy on the accordion, that skewers with absolute precision the cultural moment: its references - from Dietrich, Jeanmaire and Balmain in that opening verse alone - are more or less an A-Z of the Eurozeitgeist. The fellow who wrote it had never written anything like it before, and never wrote anything like it again, but in one song he managed to conjure the spirit of the age. Even the Americans caught up to it eventually. In 1969, it got to big hit sound Number 70 on the Billboard Hot 100. Four decades later, Wes Anderson made "Where Do You Go To?" a big part of his short film Hotel Chevalier, the prologue to The Darjeeling Limited, in which it also features. Toure, the soi-disant hip music guy on public radio (if that's not a contradiction in terms), raved about it: "A more mellifluous and melancholic vision of friendship, loss and intimacy coveted I've never heard," he decreed.

Those who've lived with the song for the previous 40 years will either agree - or regard it as one of the most irritating pains in the neck ever to come out of the British pop charts. It was written in 1966 by Peter Sarstedt, one-third of the Sarstedt brothers. Who? Hey, don't laugh. The oldest, Richard Sarstedt, had a Number One hit in 1961 with "Well, I Ask You" under the name "Eden Kane". When the middle brother Peter took "Where Do You Go To?" to the top of the hit parade seven and a half years later, it was the first time a brace of siblings had ever had separate solo Number One records. Donny Osmond and Little Jimmy repeated the trick in the early Seventies. You might point to Paul McCartney of the Beatles and his brother Mike McGear of the Scaffold, who got to Number One with "Lily The Pink" just a few weeks before Peter Sarstedt. But the British chartologists Tim and Jo Rice and Paul Gambaccini insist that the Macca boys only got to the top as part of groups.

The Sarstedt lads did it on their own, one under a pseudonym, the other under the family name. Another seven years passed, and the third Sarstedt combined his older brothers' strategies: Clive Sarstedt kept the family moniker but modified his first name, and as "Robin Sarstedt" had a pop smash with "My Resistance Is Low", a cover version of an early Fifties hit by Hoagy Carmichael (composer of our Song of the Week #35, "Ole Buttermilk Sky"). I say "cover version" but it was more like karaoke: Robin Sarstedt took the arrangement Gordon Jenkins made for Hoagy and reduplicated it in every particular. But it paid off big time. The songwriting talent in the family was Peter. And one day in 1966 he sat down to write a biographical portrait set to a sidewalk-cafe waltz-time accompaniment. It was the story of a type - the chic Continentale who knows everybody and moves in all the right circles. What does she do? Does she act? Does she sing? Who cares? She just has to be.

So she talks like Marlene Dietrich, the husky Teuton, and she dances like Zizi Jeanmaire, the great French ballerina, and her clothes are all made by Pierre Balmain, the Paris couturier. That'd be enough for most of us. But Peter Sarstedt's only warming up: You live in a fancy apartment Off the Boulevard Saint-Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do... The Boul'Mich is one totally cool address, the tree-lined Haussmann boulevard that divides the fifth from the sixth arrondissement. And this gal not only has hip records from England (this is early Rolling Stones, remember) but a friend of Sacha Distel, M Distel being not only the composer of "La belle vie" ("The Good Life", en anglais) but a bona fide Europop star (in Britain, it was Sacha who had the hit version of "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head").

"Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?" is a very simple tune - "Where you keep your Rol-ling Stones" is all the same note - but it's just interesting enough to tell the story, and it has one very memorable structural tic. To break up the even lines of the folksong verse format, Sarstedt has a little tag at the end of every quatrain: "There's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are." "A friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do." It's a potentially very annoying hook, but it works very well, and helps make the song sound French - it's basically that seesawing "a-haugh-e-haugh" sound that the English do to mimic the French, but with words put to it. A-G-A: "Yes, there are", "Yes, you do." And, after all these bright specifics, Sarstedt gets to the point with a killer chorus: Where Do You Go To, My Lovely When you're alone in your bed? Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do... What a nifty idea. Beautiful people appear fully formed. One minute, you're a nobody.

The next, you're wearing Balmain and jetsetting to parties. But at evening's end where do you go to? As you're lying there, do images of your non-glittering past, the humble childhood and the first crummy jobs, come swimming up into your head unbidden? It's a nice thought - even if, from time to time, it reminds me of a line Jack Jones liked to use in his stage act: "Whenever this whole crazy phony showbusiness scene gets too much for me and I need to connect with my roots and get back to what's real, I return to the small town where I grew up - Hollywood." (Which is true: his dad was Alan Jones, from the Marx Brothers movies.) In a way, the song is a kind of Continental inversion of "The Lady Is A Tramp". In the Rodgers & Hart song, the gal does everything wrong in smart-set terms ("she gets too hungry for dinner at eight"), whereas this one has an unerring instinct for the right thing in the right circles: I've seen all your qualifications You got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does...

Isn't that a droll way of putting it? She's round at Pablo's place, and she's so elegant and beautiful she can get away with nicking some unframed doodle leaning against a table leg in his studio, and he's so charmed he pretends not to notice. Judging from his preference for singing "the" as "thee" - "thee Sorbonne", "thee jet set" - Peter Sarstedt is trying vaguely to sing as if English is his second language. But he's not yet ready to show his hand, and so he gives us a sense of the changing seasons in his subject's life: When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pins Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely lyrics | LyricsMode.com Where Do You Go To My Lovely lyrics $album_name This song is explained by 2 writers u 2 Create lyrics explanation Select some words and click "Explain" button. Then type your knowledge, add image or YouTube video till "Good-o-meter" shows "Cool" or "Awesome!". Publish your explanation with "Explain" button. Get karma points! OK, got it! New!

Read & write lyrics explanations Click the blue-colored lyrics to read explanations. Highlight lyrics and explain them to earn Karma points. Peter Sarstedt – Where Do You Go To My Lovely lyrics You talk like Marlene Dietrich And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire Your clothes are all made by Balmain And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are. You live in a fancy apartment Off the Boulevard of St. Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do. You go to the embassy parties Where you talk in Russian and Greek And the young men who move in your circles They hang on every word you speak, yes they do. But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do. I've seen all your qualifications You got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does. When you go on your summer vacation You go to Juan-les-Pines With your carefully designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan, on your back and on your legs.

And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz With the others of the jet-set And you sip your Napoleon Brandy But you never get your lips wet, no you don't. But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes I do. You're in between 20 and 30 A very desirable age Your body is firm and inviting But you live on a glittering stage, yes you do, yes you do. Your name is heard in high places You know the Aga Khan He sent you a racehorse for Christmas And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh ha-ha-ha They say that when you get married It'll be to a millionaire But they don't realize where you came from And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn But where do you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed Tell me the thoughts that surround you I want to look inside your head, yes i do.

I remember the back streets of Naples Two children begging in rags Both touched with a burning ambition To shake off their lowly-borne tags, they try So look into my face Marie-Claire And remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do I know where you go to my lovely When you're alone in your bed I know the thoughts that surround you 'Cause I can look inside your head. Lyrics taken from Correct Add song structure elements Click "Correct" to open the "Correction form". There you can add structure tags, correct typos or add missing words. Send your correction and get karma points! Result of your work will appear after moderating. OK, got it! +8 UnregisteredMar 25, 2015 at 11:35 pm I too loved this song from the first time I heard it played on a battered jukebox dans un café surrounded by a sea of leather-clad bikers back in the '60s. There was never any mystery to me of the song's meaning.

A young woman using her stunning face and body to progress from the gutter, while her lovestruck and deserted male friend could only watch and wish from afar. I have played this so many times. A simple melody. Few chords. But filled with anxst and unfulfilled desire. 1 reply +6 UnregisteredDec 3, 2014 at 12:45 pm Personally I believe the song is a little more than "sour grapes". Marie Claire has attained what she considers success, probably correctly. The singer has not attained her level of success in either of their minds. But because of where she comes from she probably doesn't feel it is real. She knows her socialite friends do not and cannot understand her, that is why when she is alone she can be what she believes she is. The singer is not so much announcing the sour grapes but telling her that no matter her success, no matter how much out of place she feels, how much she feels that she is alone, there is someone who understands her and that it doesn't matter that they never see one another again she is not truly alone. There is some one who does understand.

Add your reply +5 UnregisteredDec 2, 2014 at 2:34 pm I feel it means that no matter how many of the 'trappings' of wealth and position you attain, you are always aware of your roots. Despite yourself. Marie Claire no doubt enjoys her current lifestyle, but when her guard is down, like when she is asleep, it is her past that haunts her. "He" knows what's inside her head simply because it's what's inside his head. Their shared history. Add your reply +4 UnregisteredMar 15, 2015 at 11:09 pm I have been captivated by the song since I first heard it on its release. It is the inspiration for my novel "Tramps Like Us" where I have built my own interpretation of the story surrounding the lyrics - I have told a story about rekindled friendship. As per posting rules, I have not included a link but It is available on Amazon Kindle Store. If you do read it, I would be interested in your thoughts.

Add your reply +4 UnregisteredOct 28, 2013 at 3:18 am My interpretation is the Fox declaring the Grapes as sour, given it's out of reach. Two Children, Street Waifs really, begging in rags. Her life was focused on shaking her lowly brown tags, and so she did. She attained Class, Culture, dined with Kings and had the World at her feet. I say ten cheers for her, let Orchestras come together, and create "A Symphony for Marie Claire". Give the Girl an applause, let the brilliance of her Star shine through and guide another Waif to fulfilling an existence, of "Great Expectations". She Tallawah fe true. Add your reply Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Subject: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Ricci on 08/03/04 at 11:35 am Both my partner and myself desire to know who the lyrics are about in Peter Starstedt's hit "Where do you go to my lovely" Many people say Sophia Loren or Brigette Bardot but we are unconvinced.

Who was Marie-Claire in the lyrics? Email me ASAP if you are sure you have the answer or ANY idea at all. We would love to discuss more on the knowledge of this. Many Thanks Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: sCat on 10/03/04 at 9:15 am Both my partner and myself desire to know who the lyrics are about in Peter Starstedt's hit "Where do you go to my lovely" Many people say Sophia Loren or Brigette Bardot but we are unconvinced. Who was Marie-Claire in the lyrics? Email me ASAP if you are sure you have the answer or ANY idea at all. We would love to discuss more on the knowledge of this. Many Thanks Richard and Theresa hey Richard and Theresa I do not think an autor would just mention Marie-Claire as MarieClaire herself in a poem or song.But Marie-Claire is the name of the most-known french glamour and mode magazine... and they always had just one girl's pic on the front title.

So whether it refers to some special person, Ã‚Â I think (not sure sure) it might have been BB, but on the other side, she was not that glamour girl... so he might refer to all these kinda girls together... and Sophia Loren as well... I hope this can clear a bit or make look back the old magazines :) sCat Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Howard on 10/03/04 at 9:21 am Lyrics for No Mercy - Where Do You Go Where do you go, my lovely Where do you go I wanna know, my lovely, I wanna know Where do you go, oh oh eh oh I wanna know, oh oh eh oh Where do you go, oh oh eh oh...

I wanna know You leave without a word, no message, no number And now my head is pounding like rolling thunder You left me with a heartache deep inside Girl you should see me cry all night, and I wonder Everybody says, what a shame, what is wrong They don't like the game we play Heard you're hanging round every night until dawn I'm waiting for you night and day You gotta break the silence, don't keep me waiting Just like a river flowing to the sea You're running back to me Come hear what I'm saying Where do you go, My Lovely I wanna know Where do you go, oh oh oh... Where do you go, oh oh oh... I wanna know Where do you, where do you go?... Save me... Come back and dry the tears, I cried for you baby You've gotta stop this heartache deep inside You've gotta help me make it through the night safely Come back and save me Is this what you are referring to?^ ???

Howard Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: BrianMannixGirl on 10/03/04 at 11:31 pm Dif song Howard Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? - Peter Starstedt You talk like Marlene Deitrich, And you dance like Zi Zi Jean Maire. Your clothes are all made by Balmain, And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are. You live in a fancy apartment, On the Boulevard Saint Michel, Where you keep your Rolling Stones records, And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do. But where do you go to, my lovely, When you're alone in your bed? Tell me the thoughts that surround you, I want to look inside your head, yes I do. You go to the embassy parties Where you talk in Russian and Greek And the young men who move in your circles They hang on every word you speak (yes they do). I've seen all your qualifications, You got from the Sorbonne, And the painting you stole from Picasso, Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does.

When you go on your summer vacation, You go to Juan-les-Pins. With your carefully designed topless swimsuit, You get an even suntan, on your back, and on your legs. And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz, With the others of the jet set, And you sip your Napoleon brandy, But you never get your lips wet, no you don't. Chorus You're in between twenty and thiry A very desirable age. Your body is firm and inviting But you live on a glittering stage (yes you do, yes you do). Your name it is heard in high places, You know the Aga Khan. He sent you a racehorse for Christmas, And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, ha ha ha. They say that when you get married, It'll be to a millionaire, But they don't realise where you came from, And I wonder if they really care, or give a darn. Chorus I remember the back streets of Naples, Two children begging in rags, Both touched with a burning ambition, To shake off their lowly born tags, they tried. So look into my face, Marie-Claire, And remember just who you are.

Then go and forget me forever, But I know you still bear the scars, deep inside, yes you do. I know where you go to, my lovely, When you're alone in your bed. I know the thoughts that surround you, 'Cause I can look inside your head. I have heard a lot of stories has to who its meant to be about - never really sure tho. I find it very similar to Charlenes "Ive been to paradise but Ive never been to me". The women in both songs have certanly "been around" and led the high life but are never quite satisfied with life as a whole. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: danootaandme on 10/04/04 at 6:27 am If you read Lorens bio it sounds like her. Found this. It has her under Working Class Encyclopedia-biography Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Ricci on 11/18/04 at 8:40 am Thanks everyonel. Yeah!

it is about Sophia Loren 'coz we watched her film a few weeks ago and her Dad's surname was Clare and her mother called her Marie. Richard and Theresa Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Robert Heller on 09/14/05 at 11:08 am Both my partner and myself desire to know who the lyrics are about in Peter Starstedt's hit "Where do you go to my lovely" Many people say Sophia Loren or Brigette Bardot but we are unconvinced. Who was Marie-Claire in the lyrics? Email me ASAP if you are sure you have the answer or ANY idea at all. We would love to discuss more on the knowledge of this. Many Thanks Richard and Theresa If you go to you could send him an email and ask.

Or you could simply read the 'Who's Who' PDF document which has this quote: Naples - she (Marie-Claire) comes form the back-streets and makes it to the top (-/-/66) Ã¢â‚¬ËœWhere do you go to my lovelyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ So I would suggest it sounds like 'Marie-Claire' actually refers to Naples. Dunno, I did not ask ;)rah Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Nostalgic Nelis on 04/08/07 at 9:29 am FOr sure its about sophia lauren. Not only do her parents have the names marie claire, she was brought up in a suburb of napels. the message is just about remember where you come from. U might be rich and famous but u will always bear the scars from youth. Last 2 parts of the song say it all basically. I remember the back streets of Naples, Two children begging in rags, Both touched with a burning ambition, To shake off their lowly born tags, they tried.

So look into my face, Marie-Claire, And remember just who you are. Then go and forget me forever, But I know you still bear the scars, deep inside, yes you do. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Nostalgic on 04/15/07 at 4:26 am You'd think Peter Sarstedt would have told everyone what the song was about by now. I guess he wants to keep it a mystery. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Trimac20 on 04/16/07 at 6:59 am You'd think Peter Sarstedt would have told everyone what the song was about by now. I guess he wants to keep it a mystery. Maybe it was already so obvious he didn't have to tell anybody. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Ploppity on 04/17/08 at 1:28 am Marie Clare the magazine?

;D Everything about this song is fluff until you get to the last verse. Up until that time all Starstedt does is playfully establish how well he knows this girl. but then he calls her out BY NAME, and if it is about Sofia Loren, then this dorky, VanDyke-d folk singer calls out one of the most glamorous women in the world BY NAME, points out where she came from, how shallow she is, tells her that he owns her, and slaps her in the face with the gauntlet he just threw down. Wow! This song makes "You're so Vain" look like a petty afterthought. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: cooper street relic on 04/17/08 at 11:37 pm Marie Clare the magazine? ;D Everything about this song is fluff until you get to the last verse. Up until that time all Starstedt does is playfully establish how well he knows this girl.

but then he calls her out BY NAME, and if it is about Sofia Loren, then this dorky, VanDyke-d folk singer calls out one of the most glamorous women in the world BY NAME, points out where she came from, how shallow she is, tells her that he owns her, and slaps her in the face with the gauntlet he just threw down. Wow! This song makes "You're so Vain" look like a petty afterthought. I'm with you on this one. Just another lonely heartbreak song i guess! Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Shacks Train on 05/20/08 at 1:46 am Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely I don't think a finger is pointed at one individule in particular just about how high class she is now but "Refuses" to acknowlege where her roots were! A Referance to anyone famous is just by individule design!

Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 8:25 am Dif song Howard Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? - Peter Starstedt You talk like Marlene Deitrich, And you dance like Zi Zi Jean Maire. Your clothes are all made by Balmain, And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are. You live in a fancy apartment, On the Boulevard Saint Michel, Where you keep your Rolling Stones records, And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do. But where do you go to, my lovely, When you're alone in your bed? Tell me the thoughts that surround you, I want to look inside your head, yes I do. You go to the embassy parties Where you talk in Russian and Greek And the young men who move in your circles They hang on every word you speak (yes they do). I've seen all your qualifications, You got from the Sorbonne, And the painting you stole from Picasso, Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does.

When you go on your summer vacation, You go to Juan-les-Pins. With your carefully designed topless swimsuit, You get an even suntan, on your back, and on your legs. And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz, With the others of the jet set, And you sip your Napoleon brandy, But you never get your lips wet, no you don't. Chorus You're in between twenty and thiry A very desirable age. Your body is firm and inviting But you live on a glittering stage (yes you do, yes you do). Your name it is heard in high places, You know the Aga Khan. He sent you a racehorse for Christmas, And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, ha ha ha. They say that when you get married, It'll be to a millionaire, But they don't realise where you came from, And I wonder if they really care, or give a darn. Chorus I remember the back streets of Naples, Two children begging in rags, Both touched with a burning ambition, To shake off their lowly born tags, they tried. So look into my face, Marie-Claire, And remember just who you are.

Then go and forget me forever, But I know you still bear the scars, deep inside, yes you do. I know where you go to, my lovely, When you're alone in your bed. I know the thoughts that surround you, 'Cause I can look inside your head. I have heard a lot of stories has to who its meant to be about - never really sure tho. I find it very similar to Charlenes "Ive been to paradise but Ive never been to me". The women in both songs have certanly "been around" and led the high life but are never quite satisfied with life as a whole. This is the longer version than what released as a single. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: loki 13 on 07/24/09 at 6:01 pm Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Philip Eno on 07/25/09 at 1:44 am Many thanks for I had this website on Favorites on the computer that crashed and I could not remember the name of it.

Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: ALEESA on 09/23/09 at 7:49 am HI ALL PETER WROTE THE SONG ABOUT AN OLD GIRLFRIEND OF HIS THAT HE WAS DUE TO MARRY AND ACTUALLY DIED WHEN HER APPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. SHE DIED IN THE FIRE, VERY SAD STORY BUT BEAUTIFUL SONG, MY DADS A JOURNO AND ASKED HIM ONCE IN AN INTERVIEW, BUT I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Annette on 07/23/12 at 2:03 pm hey Richard and Theresa I do not think an autor would just mention Marie-Claire as MarieClaire herself in a poem or song.But Marie-Claire is the name of the most-known french glamour and mode magazine... and they always had just one girl's pic on the front title.

So whether it refers to some special person, Ã‚Â I think (not sure sure) it might have been BB, but on the other side, she was not that glamour girl... so he might refer to all these kinda girls together... and Sophia Loren as well... I hope this can clear a bit or make look back the old magazines :) sCat Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/12 at 2:16 pm ... and the reply is? We may never know now. It is a friction Marie-Claire who has grown up on the back streets of Naples. Subject: Re: Meaning behind Where do you go to my lovely (1969) Written By: Irene Palagrout on 11/15/12 at 7:41 am It's hilarious isn't it? One of the funniest songs even written. Sarstedt - an old acquaintance of mine from the 70s - himself laughed himself silly at all the people who took it seriously and thought it was sophisticated.

Question: Remember the song' Where Do You Go To My Lovely'? Who wrote it?
Answer: Peter Sarstedt